Here's more wrestling news for February 15th 2022
And your headlines for Afternoon include
WWE Hall Of Famer To Come Out Of 19-Year Retirement For MASSIVE Wrestlemania Match!
Brock Lesnar Reveals What Advice He Gives To Younger Superstars In WWE!
“I Don’t Give A F**K!” Former WWE Champion Isn’t Bothered By A Hall Of Fame Induction!
RAW Superstar Says He Had “Zero Involvement” In His WWE 2K22 Character Creation!
Update On The Owen Hart Cup. When Will AEW’s Next Tournament Begin?
Bianca Belair Says She Wants To Capture Tag Titles With Music Sensation!
Former WWE Champions Announced For Match At Elimination Chamber!
Former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion Teases Appearing In WWE Following AEW Debut Last Week ! And More !
We’re kicking off with WrestleMania, which WWE will bring to Dallas, Texas this April, and if there’s one legend of wrestling associated with the
Lone-Star state, it’s ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin. The Texas Rattlesnake’s voice has already been used for Mania commercials, but WWE may
have a much bigger role for the former WWE Champion. In recent weeks, Kevin Owens has been trying
hard to get a spot on the WrestleMania card, as he’s without a spot in this Saturday’s Elimination Chamber, and he may soon be sharing the ring
with one of the all-time greats.
According to Fightful, WWE is considering an Owens Vs. Austin match, which would pit two Stunners against each other.
Sources within the company said that Owens was being set-up for that role based on his anti-Texas angle on RAW, which would lead to a confrontation
and subsequent match with the Bionic Redneck.
Austin last wrestled in 2003, losing his final match to The Rock at WrestleMania 19, and WWE have tried to coax him back in the past to no avail.
After Shane McMahon was released, it was reported that WWE had found a replacement to compete in a high-profile non-title match, and it appears that
this replacement may be none other than Stone Cold Steve Austin.
We know for a fact that WrestleMania will feature a match by Brock Lesnar, who continues to enjoy some stellar booking by WWE.
In the 45 days of 2022 so far, Lesnar has already had two World title matches, will have a third this weekend, had a WWE title reign and won the Men’s Royal
Rumble, but he realises not everyone on the roster is so fortunate. Speaking on the Pat McAfee show this week,
Lesnar spoke about the current roster, and said that young talent need to stop worrying about they’re next in-ring spot, and focus more on h
how to put butts in seats. The Beast Incarnate added that he tells younger Superstars to “step up, get over,” something that
WWE have been struggling with in recent years, hence their reliance on older names like Lesnar and Goldberg.
Lesnar has not been afraid to put younger talent over, such as Seth Rollins and Drew McIntyre, but the fact that so few young stars are seen as top guys,
or potential top guys, is a huge concern, and it’s something even the usually solitary Brock Lesnar wants to see addressed.
That wasn’t all Lesnar had to say when he spoke to McAfee, as the pair also discussed Lesnar’s likely induction into the WWE Hall of Fame.
A former WWE and Universal Champion with a King of the Ring win, Money in the Bank win and Two Rumble victories to his name, Lesnar is a
a sure-fire inductee one day, but the Beast isn’t waiting on a Hall of Fame ring.
In that same interview, Lesnar said he quote “don’t give a f**k” if he’s in the Hall of Fame, and has a similar attitude to leaving a legacy when he’s
finished in the ring. Instead, Lesnar is more concerned about being a good person and good father to his kids, but said
that WWE, like any business, is ultimately about making money before you think about a legacy. Lesnar may be indifferent to a Hall of Fame induction,
but it’ll likely still happen one day, and after a dominant career in WWE and the UFC, plus his underwhelming run in the NFL, we’re sure that
the Beast will have plenty of stories when that day comes.
After the disastrous release of WWE 2K20 in late 2019, WWE made the decision to delay their next release by a year, giving the developers more time
to get everything perfect. With the game taking even longer than expected, as it's planned late 2021 release date has been
pushed back to March 2022, those in charge have had even longer to get things right, but apparently didn't have enough time for AJ Styles.
Speaking to Fightful, the former World Champion and avid gamer discussed the work on WWE 2K22, saying he had no role whatsoever on his character
model: “Pretty much zero (involvement)… the thing is they already have the way that they’re gonna do it.
They know exactly what they want. Ironically, one of the trailers for WWE 2K22 showed WWE Superstars playing a key part in the
development process, but that apparently isn’t the case in real life. WWE 2K22 promises to hit different when i
it releases next month, and it does look promising based on what we’ve seen so far, but we’ll only know for sure once players get their hands on the
awaited game.
In late September 2021, announced a partnership with the Owen Hart Foundation, which will honour the legacy of the talented wrestler who tragically died
in 1999. We now have an update on the Owen Tournaments, as in an announcement, AEW has confirmed
that the tournaments will begin on May 11th at both the live Dynamite and taped Rampage in Long Island’s UBS Arena
Both the men’s and women’s finals will be at the 2022 Double or Nothing Pay Per Views, and Owen’s widow Dr. Martha Hart will be there to
present the winners with a trophy, which is being called The Owen Cup. There’s no word yet on tournament participants,
but AEW is expected to make additional tournament announcements in the coming weeks, and we’ll just have to see which two wrestlers
make history as the first two to hold the Owen Cup.
Back to WWE, as Bianca Belair has done plenty during her relatively brief time on the main-roster, having won the Women’s Royal Rumble,
SmackDown Women’s Title and headline WrestleMania. Belair is also the favourite to challenge RAW
Women’s Champion Becky Lynch at this year’s WrestleMania, but the EST has some other gold on her mind.
Sitting down with the Metro newspaper, Belair said she’d love to do more crossover work with celebrities, and even has her dream tag-team
partner in mind: “I’m a huge fan of Rihanna, I love Fenty Beauty [Rhianna’s make-up brand]… we go in the ring,
we have a face full of makeup but we’re in there fighting! I’m in the Royal Rumble for 56 minutes and at the end of it, lipstick still in in tact.”
The RAW Superstar added that she’d love to one day compete for the Women’s Tag Team Championships with Rhianna, in what would be
huge mainstream score for WWE. It was just a couple of weeks ago that Rhianna announced that she’s pregnant with her first child,
which obviously puts a pin in Belair’s plans, but perhaps the EST will one day get her wish and team with the global megastar.
More from Elimination Chamber now, as a match between two former WWE World Champions has been announced.
During last night’s RAW, The Miz interfered in the non-title match between RAW Tag Champions America Alpha and the Mysterios, and post-match,
the A-Lister levelled Rey with a Skull Crushing Finale. It’s since been announced that Rey will face Miz t
this weekend, in the first Televised match since the November 13th 2018 SmackDown, which Rey won.
Interestingly, this will be their second match in Saudi Arabia, after the A-Lister got the win in a WWE World Cup Semi-Finals match at Crown
Jewel 2018, and is looking to do the same this weekend at Elimination Chamber.
And we’re ending with Jay White, who made his AEW debut last Wednesday on Dynamite, and has now teased showing up in WWE.
After attacking Trent Baretta last week, the two are scheduled for a match this Wednesday, but on the Strong Style Podcast, White said there’s
plenty of days he can work. The former IWGP World Heavyweight Champion said how he could work Monday at RAW,
Thursdays on Impact, and would even be willing to split his time on Friday between SmackDown and AEW Rampage.
White even listed this Saturday as a potential night he could work, seemingly a nod to Elimination Chamber 2022.
Its worth stating that this is merely speculation on White’s behalf, as there’s been nothing confirmed by WWE, but after Mickie James’ return at the Royal
Rumble, who knows which wrestler could walk through WWE’s Forbidden Door next.